The Opposition

Promoted By Demand Film

Date: Mon, Aug 21, 2017 6:30PM

There will be a Q&A following the film with Producers Rebecca Barry and Madeleine Hetherton. Unfortunately this screening will be taking place in cinema 2 with stairs to climb and no lift available. We are sorry for any inconvenience.

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The Opposition

Year: 2016

Genre: Documentary - Human Rights

Classification: PG

Producer: REBECCA BARRY and MADELEINE HETHERTON

Director: HOLLIE FIFER

Mothers Day, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea 2012: 100 policemen wielding machetes and
guns descend on the Paga Hill Settlement to bulldoze their houses to the ground. Residents
are beaten, cut with machetes; the policemen open fire on the crowd. In the melle, Dame
Carol Kidu who is the Leader of the Opposition Government in Papua New Guinea, is on the
scene protesting to protect the human rights of the community and is subsequently taken
away by police.
This brutal demolition is to make way for the new multi-million ‘master planned
development’ which will include a five star hotel, marina wharf and executive residential
apartments - ‘a new precedent in PNG’.
The Opposition is an investigative documentary set in Papua New Guinea where Joe Moses
struggles to save his 3,000 strong community before they are forcibly evicted. Despite
betrayals, police brutality and risks to his own life, Joe battles through the courts for three
years fighting the companies who want to take away his community’s home.
As the struggle unfolds, Joe recruits a coalition of allies including Dame Carol Kidu,
investigator Dr. Kristian Lasslett and a motivated team of pro-bono lawyers.